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THE MEETING.
The rally was held at Victoria Park on Saturday, 18th September 1982. The pavilion inside the park was used to house the organisers. About 700 marshals, drawn from students and social and community workers, were drawn up in concentric circles about five feet apart, and participants were directed to sit in these circles, leaving space for a footpath. Leaflets containing a list of organisers, the words of patriotic songs to be sung at the rally, rally regulations and letters to the Japanese people and Prime Minister were distributed beforehand. Banners on the pavilion carried slogans such as "Protest against the distortion of historical facts", "Weep for the Chinese people who died during Japan's invasion" and "Never forget the history of national hardship."
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The rally began with a small female choir singing "Yellow River Lyric" and "Japanese spirit 'entered' China. The Chairman then called upon everybody to sing 'The Dragon's Heir' (a song from a film banned in Hong Kong). Szeto Wah then made a speech with the following main points:
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this is the first time we have had such a big rally in Hong Kong;
everyone with Chinese blood please put up their hands to show support;
let everyone in Hong Kong, China and the whole world listen to our voices;
51 years ago, Japan massacred our countrymen; any Chinese who still has a conscience will never forgive these Japanese; we should unite and seek to strengthen our country:
as a token of our condolence, let us all stand for a moment (everyone did, making an impressive sight).
Miss LEE Suk-ping, Chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Electronics Industry Employees' General Union then addressed the crowd, making the following points:
the rise of Japanese militarism is
a great threat to world peace;
we should not forget that despite the slaughter of thousands of Chinese, many
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